Hop In Losers, We’re Going On An Expedition!

[Weiss Schnee]

Weiss's pale hands quivered close to her rapier as the scarred and cloaked figure finally managed to find the end of Jade's patience. She'd been walking quietly beside Ruby as the strange group grew, and generally avoiding comment. She was excited by the idea of seeing Blake and Yang, but she was less than thrilled at meeting some of these... characters Jade seemed to gather. The girl was friendly to a fault, but Weiss questioned the wisdom of being so open with such weird people. Axorn had seemed rather nice, but this Grundy fellow...

Something in Weiss didn't really trust him. She knew Ruby wanted her to introduce herself to these people, but she couldn't really justify it to herself. These people seemed dangerous. She didn't really want them to know her name, and she didn't like that they knew Ruby's.

Still, she'd take all of them over the scarred jerk that had just appeared. Weiss would likely have ripped into him herself for his atrocious conduct, but Jade ended up going first, followed by Grundy. Alright, maybe she'd misjudged him just a little bit... but what Weiss immediately noticed was the way this guy talked. It reminded her of some of her father's own business partners... the kind that would smile to your face, then send someone in the night to assassinate you for some insult, real or perceived. Except this person didn't bother with a mask. She immediately knew she disliked him, but what she knew far more was that this man was dangerous.

Her own rage subsided and grew into concern when she saw Ruby's angry face though.
Uh oh.
There were only a few things anyone could do to really make Ruby Rose angry:
Hurt or threaten one of her friends.
Mistreat an innocent animal (Bonus points for if the animal was adorable)
Pick on someone or something helpless in front of her.
So far, this character had done all three, and the former heiress could see Ruby's shoulders shaking.

Weiss put a hand on her shoulder. “Calm down… we’ll just leave the jerk to being a jerk, alright?”
Ruby looked at her with a stare of frustration as her boot stomped on the ground.
“But… but... “ Ruby stammered with frustration, before making a sound Weiss couldn’t help but compare to an angry kitten. It would have been cute in a different situation. Still, Weiss could feel the pure frustrated anger coming off of Ruby. She could definitely relate - whoever this joker was deserved it - but they didn’t need to get into needless fights. Besides...

“Listen… let’s not get into a fight when we’re part of a group including a little girl.” Weiss whispered, pointing towards where Rebecca was singing a crude imitation of Grundy’s song. It hurt Weiss’s ears, but she figured it was probably just her way of dealing with the situation.
Ruby’s face immediately melted as she looked at the girl, her angry glare replaced with a sheepish expression. “Yeah. You’re right. It wouldn’t be okay to fight in front of a little girl.” She said, scratching her head. Still, Weiss knew she was stewing a little.

“Listen, if he makes a move…” Weiss said in a low voice.
“...White Rose?” Ruby asked with an adorable grin.
“...White Rose.” Weiss said with a smile.
Then Rebecca sang the next verse of her improvised grundy song at a brand new volume the annoyed huntress never knew existed, and Weiss resisted the urge to cover her ears. “Never having kids…” She grumbled to herself.